Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga.

A

Gopalakrishna Adiga K. S. Nissar Ahmed Amoghavarsha U. R. Ananthamurthy Kappe Arabhatta Asaga (9th century) Aravind Malagatti Anupama Niranjana Aryamba Pattabhi P. V. Acharya Udyavara Madhava Acharya Akbar Ali (poet) Annadanaiah Puranik

B

Basavanna D. R. Bendre S.L.Bhairappa N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat

C

Chamarasa Chikkupadhyaya Gangadhar V. Chittal Chavundaraya Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy

D

Kanaka Dasa Purandara Dasa Dinakara Desai Devanur Mahadeva Devar Dasimayya Doddarangegowda

E

Subbanna Ekkundi S. R. Ekkundi

G

Gajaga Gangadevi D. V. Gundappa V. K. Gokak Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

H

Pha. Gu. Halakatti Harihara (poet)

I

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar M. K. Indira B. M. Idinabba

J

Janna Jayalakshmi Seethapura

K

Gourish Kaikini Jayant Kaikini Chandrashekhara Kambara Girish Karnad Shivarama Karanth Kuvempu Jayanth Kaikini Chennaveera Kanavi Shivaram Karanth C. P. Krishnakumar

L

Lakshmisa

M

Akka Mahadevi A. N. Murthy Rao H. S. Mukthayakka

N

Nagavarma I Nagavarma II K. S. Narasimhaswamy P. T. Narasimhachar K. V. Narayana Sundar V. Nadkarni Vijaya Narasimha Nanjangud Tirumalamba K. Y. Narayanaswamy

P

M. Govinda Pai Adikavi Pampa Sri Ponna Allama Prabhu Pandhareenathachar Galagali Pratibha Nandakumar Palakala Seetharam Bhat Panth Maharaj Chandrashekhar Patil Ponna (poet) Krishnamoorthy Puranik

R

Raghavanka Kayyar Kinhanna Rai G. P. Rajarathnam Ranna Rudrabhatta Ranna (Kannada poet) Baraguru Ramachandrappa M. S. Ananthapadmanabha Rao Ratnakaravarni

S

Sara Aboobacker Mamta Sagar Sarvajna Shishunala Sharif Shivakotiacharya G. S. Shivarudrappa B. M. Srikantaiah T. N. Srikantaiah B. G. L. Swamy Samsa (writer) H. S. Shivaprakash Nijaguna Shivayogi K. B. Siddaiah Siddalingaiah (poet) S. G. Siddaramayya C. P. Siddhashrama Siddheshwar Palkuriki Somanatha Venugopal Sorab

T

Poornachandra Tejaswi Tirumalamba H. Tipperudraswamy Tirumalarya K. V. Tirumalesh Triveni

U

Channappa Uttangi

V

Kumara Vyasa Vyasatirtha Vani H. S. Venkateshamurthy Kum. Veerabhadrappa Vaidehi Vijaya Dabbe

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